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Predators clip Wings in 5
Red Wings 1 Predators 2 It was a game the Detroit Red Wings had to have. They just didn’t have it. The Wings never seemed to get untracked against a Predators team that boasts the NHL’s best defense tandem and one of the best goaltenders on the planet. Watching this series unfold over the course of the last nine days, it was clear that the Wings were in over their heads. Nashville opened the scoring 6:59 into the series and never looked back. That goal came off the stick of Paul Gaustad. Okay, technically it came off the skate of Brad Stuart, but let’s not be picky here. Gaustad, who was acquired to do exactly what he did in this series: win face-offs. Gaustad was a sparkling 55.2% from the dot, including several key late game … Read entire article »
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Wings are missing something
Red Wings 1 Predators 3 There’s something missing from the 2011-12 Detroit Red Wings that past teams had. And I think I’ve figured out what it is. Are you ready? The thing the Red Wings are missing…is “it”. … Read entire article »
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Back and forth we go
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Red Wings bounce back
Red Wings 3 Predators 2 Somebody very wise once said that playoff hockey was a game of bounces. It may have been me. OK, it was me. … Read entire article »
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Talking with: Brendan Smith (plus a guest appearance by Logan Pyett)
The Grand Rapids Griffins blew a 5-3 third period lead in their final home game of the season tonight. Adding insult to injury, the loss eliminated them from playoff contention. Despite the disappointing result, our prospects were plenty classy in defeat and were very generous with their time. … Read entire article »
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Follow the bouncing puck
Red Wings 2 Predators 3 Playoff hockey is a game of bounces. The Predators got theirs in game one, the Red Wings didn’t. … Read entire article »
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Wings lose in shootout, will play Nashville
Red Wings 2 Blackhawks 3 (SO) Detroit entered this game having scored just seven times in the previous five contests, and for 48 minutes it was more of the same. … Read entire article »
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Devils stifle Wings attack
Red Wings 1 Devils 2 Three goals scored in sixty minutes with less than 50 combined shots on goal? What was this, Game One of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals? … Read entire article »
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Franzen solves Elliott twice in third, Wings win in SO
Red Wings 3 Blues 2 (SO) No one in the NHL had scored on Brian Elliott in almost two weeks. No literally, if he had made it another 6:05 without allowing a goal, it would have been two full weeks since being scored upon. That’s nutty. And then, this guy decided to show up. And then he showed up again. And then Todd did his thing in the shootout, and to the victor went the spoils. … Read entire article »
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March’s Three Stars!
At the end of February, the Wings were first in the Central and second in the NHL after a 7-2-1streak to end the month. March was a complete belly flop, as Detroit ended on an 2-6-2 stretch that featured some of their worst hockey of the season. A lot of that can be blamed on injuries, as Nick Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Jimmy Howard, Darren Helm, Johan Franzen, Karen Newman and the guy who sells peanuts in section … Read entire article »
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